lower corporate tax rates. really get the economy moving again. not unemployment benefits. companies. that's what everyone's missing here. maybe this will do the republican house members some good if they extend it. maybe it'll help get them re-elected. i think the bigger issue is we need an economy that creates lots and lots and lots of jobs. >> that's become the new norm, has it not, vera? >> it is. a total disservice to the americans who are out of work. all of these people, one in three of the unemployed are long-term unemployed. they have a big problem. they need real jobs. by extending the benefits you're just delaying the inevitable. they need good paying, solid jobs. >> you had cited a report in the commercial break that said people mostly go out to look for a yob in the final week of when their money is going to run out. >> when they have to. >> there was research from allen krueger, head of the president's own national council of economic advisers. he did impeer cal work that said it extends the duration of unemployment and that people spend three times as much ti